Donations to Dr. Jacobson for IBD Research

[broadude]

Several IBD threads sent me in search of an easy way to donate. I wanted to have all the ducks in a row before I revealed the idea. I wanted to know if the idea was feasible.

I ran the idea past Steve (RIDGETOP) first to see how much work installing a Paypal button on our sites would be (he will chime in about that part later, I hope).

Bottom line is, donating would be so easy if (since the majority of us use PayPal, if the University of Florida instituted a PayPal "drop site" specifically for donations to IBD research.

I put out feelers, and so far this is the progress made (more info later):

I hope I gauged the the community temps correctly and that a lot of us would donate if it were easier to donate. One doesn't have to put a Paypal button on their site, if they have one, but they can still donate this way to have it earmarked specifically for IBD research.

Read from bottom up...

Tue, January 4, 2011 5:11:04 PMRE: Donations
From: "Desmond,Katherine E" <desmondk@ufl.edu>View Contact
To: Deborah Broadus-Muskauski <debscaptivebred@yahoo.com>


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Hi Deb,



I spoke with our Gifts Processing department and we do not have PayPal set up where we can accept donations online. I sent in a request for our internal IT department to see if they would be able to set this up. I will keep you posted on the progresses. I think this would be very beneficial for us and hope they are able to do it.



Thanks again for thinking of us!



Have a great day!

Katherine



From: Desmond,Katherine E
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 5:06 PM
To: 'Deborah Broadus-Muskauski'
Subject: RE: Donations



Hi Deb,



Sorry I didn’t get back with you today, this day flew by way too fast. I did some asking around and know who I need to contact tomorrow. I will keep you posted and hopefully have an answer by tomorrow.



Have a good night.

Katherine



From: Deborah Broadus-Muskauski [mailto:debscaptivebred@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 10:29 AM
To: Desmond,Katherine E
Subject: Re: Donations



Thanks for getting back promptly! So many people would give, if the giving were effortless. Having a Paypal site to donate to, would make it easier for more to give as most of the BP breeders and keepers use Paypal.


Deb's Captive Bred Ball Pythons
www.debscaptivebredballpythons.com

PROVIDING BOTH PET AND BREEDING QUALITY BALL PYTHONS






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From: "Desmond,Katherine E" <desmondk@ufl.edu>
To: "debscaptivebred@yahoo.com" <debscaptivebred@yahoo.com>
Sent: Fri, December 31, 2010 8:46:43 AM
Subject: Re: Donations

Good morning Deborah,
I have not done something like this before, but I'm sure we can set it up and I'm sure the foundation has done this before. Our office is closed until Jan 3 and I will look into it at that time.
Thanks for thinking of us, this is a really great cause.
Thanks,
Katherine




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From: Legato,Karen
To: Deborah Broadus-Muskauski <debscaptivebred@yahoo.com>; Desmond,Katherine E
Sent: Wed Dec 29 08:08:26 2010
Subject: RE: Donations

Deborah, as I am technically challenged, I will forward your msg to my asst Katherine Desmond. I'm sure she can help. And thank you for your support of Dr. Jacobson's research.

-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Broadus-Muskauski <debscaptivebred@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM
To: Legato,Karen <legatok@ufl.edu>
Subject: Donations

Good afternoon,



I am one of several reptile owners that also operate a small business. Some of us have expressed interest in donating to further Dr. Jacobson’s reptile disease research, specifically IBD and related factors. To do this, we have come up with the idea of inserting PayPal Donation Buttons on our sites.



Is there any code, or email address, earmarked for this purpose, to which the donations can be routed for pick up?



Thanks!




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www.debscaptivebredballpythons.com

PROVIDING BOTH PET AND BREEDING QUALITY BALL PYTHONS